Demarai Gray

Demarai Remelle Gray (born 28 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq and the Jamaica national team.

[7] In a 2013 interview, Gray assessed his strengths as "pace, dribbling and technique", felt he needed to "score more goals", described himself in three words as "bubbly, calm and happy", and named Nathan Redmond as the biggest influence on him since joining the club.

[2] After impressing Birmingham manager Lee Clark in training, he was named in the squad for the Championship match against Millwall on 1 October 2013,[8] and made his senior debut as a 91st-minute substitute for Jesse Lingard in a 4–0 win.

[11] Days after his inclusion together with academy teammate Reece Brown in a "Top 10 Football League stars of tomorrow" feature on the FourFourTwo website,[12] Gray scored his first senior goal.

[16] Against Leeds United in September, he was denied a penalty and booked for diving when apparently fouled by Giuseppe Bellusci; both managers thought it the wrong decision.

In a statement issued when the window closed, they said that "none of [those offers] reflected the ability and potential of the player", and expressed their pleasure at having retained his services.

When the ball broke to him, "with a single silky touch and devastating burst he was in on goal, ready to put the icing on an outstanding team performance.

[40] When Rowett selected Viv Solomon-Otabor to start ahead of Gray against MK Dons "with January coming up", it was clear that his time had arrived.

He started the match, assisted a goal by Marcin Wasilewski, and "showed glimpses of the pace that will cause Premier League defences problems" in the 2–2 draw at White Hart Lane.

[44] Consistency of team selection as Leicester maintained their position at the top of the league meant Gray's chances of first-team football were limited,[45] but teammate Danny Simpson highlighted the contribution of the squad players.

[46] Former Sky Sports journalist Alex Dunn wrote that Gray "proved to be incredibly adept at killing time when coming on for Leicester as a late substitute".

He celebrated by removing his shirt to show an undershirt bearing the words "For Khun Vichai" written on it and then running to the away end of the ground.

[55] Shortly after Gray's transfer to Bayer Leverkusen, the player stated "there was no contract offer [from Leicester City]", remarking upon his exit not "ending in the best way", while still feeling appreciation for the "moments I will cherish forever".

[58] Gray scored his first competitive goal for Everton "with a clinical low effort into the far corner" in his second league match, a 2–2 draw with Leeds United on 21 August.

[72] He made his third appearance as England lost to Mexico,[73] but took no part in the last group game or the third-place play-off,[74][75] and later admitted he had felt tired after a full season of league football and had not been at his best.

[79] An unused substitute for the first match, a goalless draw away to Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was not included in the matchday squad for the second, a 3–1 win at home to Switzerland.

[90] Facing Guatemala in the quarter-final, he "show[ed] his close control and awareness as he threaded a defence-splitting pass to [Amari'i] Bell, who drilled home from the inside-left channel" to score the only goal of the game.

Gray playing for Birmingham City in 2014
Gray (front left) playing for Leicester City in 2016
Gray (right) playing for England U19 in 2015